Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . the dining tables were composed ofboards stretched across wooden horses. The seniorswere distributed among the different tables and assistedin maintaining order. The breakfast usually consistedof hot brownbread, crackers and milk, the steward sli-cing the bread at the side table and McHale acting aswaiter. The tables were bountifully spread, consideringthe low price paid by the students, one dollar per anything occurred out of the ordinary, Mr. Elliotwould repeatedly rap on the table with the handle of theca
Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . the dining tables were composed ofboards stretched across wooden horses. The seniorswere distributed among the different tables and assistedin maintaining order. The breakfast usually consistedof hot brownbread, crackers and milk, the steward sli-cing the bread at the side table and McHale acting aswaiter. The tables were bountifully spread, consideringthe low price paid by the students, one dollar per anything occurred out of the ordinary, Mr. Elliotwould repeatedly rap on the table with the handle of thecarving knife. At this period (1877) University Hall looked more likea well-battered relic than an institution of refinement andculture. The constant passing of students, in and out. M emories o, B row?t 309 for nearly a century and a half had greatly worn awaythe old steps in the middle, rendering their use in thewinter season somewhat hazardous. The low ceilingsand poor ventilation, combined with suffocating gasesfrom the ancient furnace and lack of sufficient heat in the. Anthony McCabe recitation rooms, would often cause the class to classroom furniture consisted of large iron chairsscrewed to the floor, each one having the right arm largeenough to hold a blank-book and inkwell for examinationpurposes, and once each quarter of a century they wouldreceive a coat of paint. They were all adorned with em- 310 Memories of Brown blems of every description carved out of the thick paintwith pocket knives. In those days the temperature of thelecture-room in winter very frequently went below sixtydegrees and the iron chairs were a source of much dis-comfort and chilliness. The thoughtful student soonlearned to carry his heaviest overcoat into the lecture-room and with it carefully pad these dreaded ice-coldchairs which seemed never to get warm. In Rhode IslandHall today these indestructible chairs are still to be it is impossible to wear them out they will very likelyb
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